What would life be without change? I can't begin to imagine... Perhaps I can't imagine life without change because if there was no change, there would perhaps be no living!?!?!? ... To this day, it still amazes me how the idea of change is often the hot topic around the start of each new year. A seemingly fluid transition and ideal time, creating and committing to change with the start of each new calendar year appears easy to do, and somehow brings about a resurge of hope where perhaps there was none or where hope had faded. It opens up doors and somehow allows us to give ourselves permission to dream again; to have aspirations; to be willing to try something new. To let go of what may have turned into baggage that we've been carrying for far too long. To step outside of our fears - the unknown.
Like many, I too feel something shift within (every time!) that allows me to want to try again, and to become alive and adventurous. This year part of the "something new" for me is starting this blog. I see the launch of this blog as an extension of my artistic process - one that is rooted in community dialogue, discussion groups, and interviews as a means to developing creative projects, and to contribute to a greater national conversation about socially inspired and poltically relevant topics. But, like all great art and good conversations, I'm well aware that something far greater - for lack of a better way to say this- will come about. It will be something that I probably will not have thought about before and/or never anticipated as a result of starting a blog.
I often think about change. I sometimes wonder about what relationships do others have to it. I think about how change has help to shape the person I have become in this moment. I think about my love/hate relationship to it when it comes to my artistic work.
Whatever my relationship is to change, it is definitely not always easy. It is not always the fluid, effortless thing that it appears to be at the start of each new calendar year. The idea of "transformation" is a big part of my work; and I'm looking forward to seeing how it continues to play a role in my work - and my personal journey.
What role does change play in your life? Do you ever wonder about how it has shaped who you are and/or made an impact on your relationships? ... Do you achieve greater success with change when it's done at the start of a new calender year? ... I'm curious...
